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Stone hut circle 500m ENE of Merrivale Bridge is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises a partially enclosed stone hut circle forming part of a broader settlement complex characteristic of Dartmoor's prehistoric occupation. Such hut circles typically date to the later Bronze Age, between roughly 1500 and 700 BC, representing domestic structures of considerable antiquity. The stone construction and landscape setting provide evidence of settled pastoral communities who exploited Dartmoor's upland resources during the later prehistoric period.
Stone hut circle 500m ENE of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014669. View the official record →
Stone hut circle 500m ENE of Merrivale Bridge is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014669.
Stone hut circle 500m ENE of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014669.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle on Wigford Down (10 km), Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren (10.2 km), Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 680m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House (10.2 km).
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Stone hut circle 500m ENE of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.